Calcutta served as a basis for British expansion in the East.

Joachim Koester was born in 1962, in Copenhagen, Denmark. He has had numerous solo and group exhibitions around the world including Galerie Jan Mot, Brussels (2011); Galería Elba Benítez, Madrid (2011); Gallery Greene Naftali, New York (2010); Museo Tamayo, Mexico City (2010); Kestnergesellschaft, Hanover(2010); Turker Art Museum, Finland (2009); Frac Lorraine, Metz (2009); Moderna Museet, Stockholm (2007). In 2008 he was a finalist for the Hugo Boss Prize.